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Generic 2010 List

End of the year. Here are the lists

BEST ALBUMS

#1 Beach House - Teen Dream
#2 Best Coast - Crazy For You
#3 Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM

BEST TRACKS

#1 Crystal Castles - Vietnam
#2 Jamaica - I Think I Like U 2
#3 Active Child - When Your Love Is Safe (Classixx Remixx)
#4 Kisses - Bermuda
#5 The Naked & The Famous - Young Blood

BEST VIDEOS

#1 Coma Cinema - Only



#2 Mr Flash - Flesh

#3 Poom - Rollercoaster



So many others to choose from but I can't be bothered to write a large piece for something so fleeting.

Hi!

It's been a while but i'm back after finally escaping the constraints of being offline. Normal service will be resumed and is now transmitted from a new location surveying Hackney (Pripyat).

Dave Grohl hates balls

The Good The Bad

Chicks dig guitars

Karen O + Peaches = Jackass

Jackass 3-D is coming out. Awesome. The series has had a quality soundtrack from episode one. The last movie gave us this gem...

Karen O & Peaches - Backass

And who doesn't love Andrew WK? You don't?...what's wrong with you?

jamiexx

Jamie is the pad happy beatsmaster very much at the heart of The XX's sound. Rated highly as a DJ and producer (Theodopolis London) he has recently been in the studio working on a track of his own.

What he achieves pretty much totally encapsulates the musical zeitgeist enfusing minimal dance, beats and dubstep rhythms. This 12" is pretty much a must have for not only XX fans but appreciators of this modern dance genre.



It's out on Numbers...at some point

Kanye West

Kanye's had a busy time of it. Post the VMA embarrassment it would appear he has been thriving on the hatred. The new album is going to be released whenever his followers decree it and on the strength of some of this new material he looks to be back to his best.

THIS IS KANYE


Willing Taylor Swift to run on stage and kick over his MPC


Somebody tell Jay-Z...auto-tune just got resurrected

Kanye West featuring Bon Iver - Lost In The World

Uffie

Don't worry if I write rhymes, I write cheques...

Tony Curtis

This guy is sad. Aren't we all. An absolute Hollywood great and he didn't look too bad in a dress.

KnowTheNotKnown

VICE and Tiger Beer threw a lovely little shindig at latest hipster hangout XOYO last night which featured two super hyped bands and a buttload of free beer.

First up were Mancunian nu-prog post-Factory outfit Egyptian Hip Hop. After a pretty middling performance at Offset it was truly satisfying to see them on top form. With all their equipment working and no tantrums to be seen they raced through a set filled with amazingly put together songs smothered in a lush layer of reverb and delay, they fiddled and played with the knobs and switches at their feet turning super catchy licks into washed out sonic gems.



Next up on the Offset Redux stage were Kap Bambino. After some laptop tinkering Lead singer Caroline Martial steps onto the stage holding aloft some candles, her face painted with a focused glare as well as some crosses. As the first bars of industrial strength synth waves explode from the PA the whole crowd is instantly energized and rushes the stage.



It would be difficult to not mention Crystal Castles when talking about KB as their sound is so similar as well as their boy/girl setup, but they take the aggression of CC to a whole new level. Both singers are masters of the psychopathic stare and have a penchant for the odd stage dive or five but there is something more upbeat and perhaps even pop about Kap Bambino, more akin to Justice, Yeah Yeah Yeah's or Robots in Disguise than the Canadian despair heads.




Thanks XOYO we'll see you for KISSES in October

Photography by Jack Quick

Chemise par Chloé

Saw this ad on TV this evening. Straight up sexy track and ad, PRIVATE have definitely been taking notes on this one.

Chemise - She Can't Love You

Duck Sauce

Time for another track from Fools Gold's finest, A-Trak and Arman Van-Helden. For the video, director So Me uses live footage from the Fool's Gold "Day Off" labor day block party starring commandeered taxis and hotdog stands, sexy strangers, and a who's-who of famous friends: rappers, producers, indie rockers, graffiti writers and nightlife icons all take turns adding their own special sauce to the song, turning "Barbra Streisand" into one of this year's must-rewind clips.